Happy Friday! Enjoy your weekend! Here's your latest ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 10th lowest on record (JAXA data)...

• about 120,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 370,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 810,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,270,000 km² below the 1980s mean

Other plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-ex

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@ZLabe it’s very cheeky of me to reply seeing as this is your specialism but doesn’t it look like there’s a slight improvement over the 2010s mean trace? Too small for significance?

@lavenderlens The yellow line is only showing one specific year, which can be influenced by substantial national variability and weather. This inhibits making any remarks about changes in the long-term trend, as not every consecutive year is expected to be a record low.

@ZLabe Thanks for the explanation Zack. I see now also you have detail in the alt text too.

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